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I think it appeared in Mad many times besides its 1965 cover appearance. In fact, it's second only to the grinning idiotic face of Alfred E. Neumann (in my mind) as being the Mad mascot. -- Ed Poor
The multi-pronged object in the article is called a "poiuyt" by Mad magazine.
A "blivet" is 10 pounds of feces in a bag made to hold only 5 pounds. The word "blivet" also can be used metaphorically, but I'm not sure of the correct usage. -- User:Juuitchan
68.194.161.90 wrote:
In working with UAVs (in army aviation), we use the word "blivet" for two completely different uses - the aforementioned fuel bladder, and to reference a heavy (300 pounds or so) iron disk used to test the launcher for our planes. -- User:Mathmannix —Preceding undated comment added 21:09, 6 September 2009 (UTC).
changed 'painting' to 'print' in the M.C. Escher comparison. Escher was a printmaker, not a painter. -Cory
I'm aware of Escher prints using other impossible figures, for example the Penrose Triangle and the Necker Cube. But I can't recall any using this object. Until I see an example of an Escher print using a poiuyt, I am skeptical of the claim. - Hop
As per Hop's concern, I've moved out this line of text:
The artist M. C. Escher was famous for utilizing this object in many of his drawings, lithographs, woodcuts and many such other media.
While Escher definitely used illusionary imagery in his prints, I've never seen a picture attributed to him with this specific "image cliché." (And I actually have a hardcover catalog of his work, so I'm pretty certain.) -- DLWormwood 17:07, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Agree with DLWormwood above. It was Hayward, not Escher. Hayward incorporated the blivet into a picture of Greek columns as cited in J.O. Robinson's book, The Psychology of Visual Illusion pp. 176 and 178. -- Wikphilia ( talk) 16:53, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Deleted this section, since
-- Otterfan ( talk) 21:23, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't D.H. Schuster (who I do not believe there is a Wikipedia page for) the man who created this image in 1964? If so, I will soon add a section entitled History on that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Panther991 ( talk • contribs) 13:05, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
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I think it appeared in Mad many times besides its 1965 cover appearance. In fact, it's second only to the grinning idiotic face of Alfred E. Neumann (in my mind) as being the Mad mascot. -- Ed Poor
The multi-pronged object in the article is called a "poiuyt" by Mad magazine.
A "blivet" is 10 pounds of feces in a bag made to hold only 5 pounds. The word "blivet" also can be used metaphorically, but I'm not sure of the correct usage. -- User:Juuitchan
68.194.161.90 wrote:
In working with UAVs (in army aviation), we use the word "blivet" for two completely different uses - the aforementioned fuel bladder, and to reference a heavy (300 pounds or so) iron disk used to test the launcher for our planes. -- User:Mathmannix —Preceding undated comment added 21:09, 6 September 2009 (UTC).
changed 'painting' to 'print' in the M.C. Escher comparison. Escher was a printmaker, not a painter. -Cory
I'm aware of Escher prints using other impossible figures, for example the Penrose Triangle and the Necker Cube. But I can't recall any using this object. Until I see an example of an Escher print using a poiuyt, I am skeptical of the claim. - Hop
As per Hop's concern, I've moved out this line of text:
The artist M. C. Escher was famous for utilizing this object in many of his drawings, lithographs, woodcuts and many such other media.
While Escher definitely used illusionary imagery in his prints, I've never seen a picture attributed to him with this specific "image cliché." (And I actually have a hardcover catalog of his work, so I'm pretty certain.) -- DLWormwood 17:07, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Agree with DLWormwood above. It was Hayward, not Escher. Hayward incorporated the blivet into a picture of Greek columns as cited in J.O. Robinson's book, The Psychology of Visual Illusion pp. 176 and 178. -- Wikphilia ( talk) 16:53, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Deleted this section, since
-- Otterfan ( talk) 21:23, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't D.H. Schuster (who I do not believe there is a Wikipedia page for) the man who created this image in 1964? If so, I will soon add a section entitled History on that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Panther991 ( talk • contribs) 13:05, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
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